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Monday, December 05, 2011

Caramelized Potato Wedges

Potato wedges or jojos - are a variation of French Fries (larger than the French fries and often unpeeled) and are either baked or fried.They are seasoned with salt, pepper and spices prior to cooking and deep-fried to crisp.Potato wedges are popular snack-item and served with condiments such as sour cream, sweet chilli sauce, brown sauce, ketchup or barbecue sauce, mayonnaise. It can be tried little differently otherwise- a Sweeter variation of it and served crispy as Teatime Snack.A lot easier to do and U need to spare 2-3 more mins in the kitchen.(Cooking Time: 7- 8 mins).Enjoy ur teatime.It can be made a Toffee if U fry the potato as fritters with refined flour coating and then dip it in a dark-caramelized sugar syrup and made to dry by plunging into Ice-cubes filled Vessel and keep it aside immediately. Enjoy Sweet Moments of Life!. BonAppetit!.

Directions:
1.Heat oil in frying pan.Mix a pinch of salt with the potato wedges and deep-fry them as u do for french fries.
Allow it to cool.
2.Dry-roast the sugar in a thick bottomed frying pan or kadai.When sugar begin to melt add cardamom or vanilla essence,turn into low flame for 20 odd secs more and Turn off the flame immediately before the caramelized sugar turns colour.
3.Add the potato wedges and stir or roll it immediately so that the sugar syrup coats evenly on the wedges.Serve it (with Tea or Coffee) anytime.